Program: Documentary film
Cost: 25 000 €
Beneficiaries:Displaced Ukrainians and refugee communities, International audiences learning about migration and war, Film festivals focused on social impact and documentaries
Results: Increased awareness about displacement caused by the war in Ukraine, Support for humanitarian and community initiatives, Preserving memory through documentary storytelling
Team: BUDMO, volunteers, additional footage by Yehor Harmash and Alla Savytska
Partners: Ptakha Camp, Region Nouvelle Aquitaine, So-Cooperation, ODD-yssee, Rebuild Green Ukraine, Modulina, Synchro Space, Podil Agency of Regional Development
Material Support: Ptakha Camp
In the movie: main hero - Valia(the cook)
Interviews with - Inna(manager of the camp), Alina(psychologist), Yura(administrator, kayak instructor)
"Migratory: Between Here and There” follows a camp in Ukraine where displaced families arrive carrying fear, exhaustion, and stories of survival. Through birds, nature, work, and quiet daily rituals, the film observes the moment when surviving slowly turns into deciding how to live again.
Blending poetic narration with documentary footage, the film moves through construction sites, kitchens, rivers, children’s voices, and hands shaping clay and wood. Refusing spectacle and victimhood, it stays with what remains human during war: movement, care, presence, and the fragile decision to continue.